Definitions

very

[ver-ee] / ˈvɛr i /

ADJECTIVE

real, exact

Synonyms

WEAK

actual appropriate authentic bare bona fide correct especial express genuine ideal identical indubitable mere model perfect plain precise pure right same selfsame sheer simple special sure-enough true undoubted unqualified unquestionable veritable very same

Antonyms

WEAK

inexact

ADVERB

much, really; to a high degree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely awfully certainly decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly excessively extraordinarily extremely greatly highly incredibly noticeably particularly pretty profoundly remarkably surprisingly terribly truly uncommonly unusually wonderfully

WEAK

acutely amply astonishingly considerably dearly emphatically exaggeratedly extensively indispensably largely notably positively powerfully pressingly prodigiously substantially superlatively surpassingly vastly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commonly doubtfully dubiously indefinite little unremarkably usually

Example Sentences

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“We have a very good aerial defense against medium- to long-range missiles,” she said, “but these, less so.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“However, I try to drink as little as possible because it leaves a stain on my lips and doesn’t taste very good.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"They want very much to make a deal," he said.

From BBC

Still, she praised Hellerstein as a "very smart and savvy" courtroom operator.

From Barron's

Gene Sloan, cruise director for The Points Guy, said: “Fuel is a very big cost for cruise companies. These are companies that buy oil by the ton.”

From Barron's

very

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